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"~~;,,:y;~~~ -- -• :.. ,•~ .. - '._ ATTACH'itENT.NO. ~2 - ...:- ". - - ~-~ _. _.: ORDINANCE AN ORDINANCE Gf7VERNING TIIE STORAGE, COLLECTYON, TR7~hSPOPTING AND DISPOSAL OI' SOLID IaAST~ IN k:DGECOtIBE COU:]TY, NORTII CAROLxNA - BE IT ,ORDAINED $Y THE BOARD OI' COUNTX CO;'riMISSIONERS OI' EDGECOMBE CO]7NTY : ' Section 1. That this ordinance governing the storage, collection, taransporting anddisposal of solid waste~throughaut Edgecombe County for the protection of•public•health are hereby adopted pursuant to authority granted by Articles 6 ana 1a o;r Chapter 153A of the Genera]. Statutes of North' Caxoll.na to read as follows : .. ~ • Section 2. - • DEI:'INTTZONS The following definitions shall apply l.n the interpretation and enforcement of this ordinance: '. r A. Comr!missioners -- Means the Board o£ County Commissionezs of Edgecambe County or their authorizers representative. B. Garb_ ache -- All putrascibl~ wastes. including animal • - and vegetable matter, animal offal and cazcasses, and recognizable industrial by-products, but excluding sewage and human waste. C. Person - Means any individual, firm, governmental ;,unit, organization, partnership, corporation or --- . company. .. _d_ ; max. - - r~ D. Refuse -- All nonputrescible wastes. •=- _ E. Solid i~'aste -- Garbage, refuse. rubbish. trash and '~- .. Cther d1SCarded solid rmaterial ]Lncluding Spud ~ ~ . waste materials resulting from 3-ndustrial, commercial, and agricultural operations, and from community . activities, but dogs not include solids or dissolved ]11atCrlalS 3.71 dalllt. ,tiC SCwclgC O1 Ptller sicJnific<7nt - po11uL-ants in watcx resourccs, such as silt, dissolved ax suspended solid:; iiz indi:atrial w<-~stc - . water effluents, c3issolvcd ln;~tcrials in irrig~.tion -- return .[law ar otrllcl: ronulion ~:tti:ez z~olXutcllits.